Matt Stebbins is a writer, trail runner, and with his wife, a co-founder of Endless Trails, a trail advocacy and education non-profit. He's also a social justice advocate, freelance journalist, copy editor, and ghostwriter. His work has been featured on a wide range of sites—and, as a ghostwriter, potentially even in a book you've read.

Stephen Colbert has always displayed a willingness to try and hear other viewpoints. And rarely has that been more on display than when he had Ricky Gervais on the show last February. See, Colbert is …